This week, crossing our Signals

Internet Computer Developments

1. Data analysis by kylelangham (Data Analyst at DFINITY ) shows how the Internet Computer has experienced?+400% annualized growth?of cycles being burned.?
2. Dfinity community has approved?increasing stable memory to 32GB. The change will be rolled out this week.?
3. Motoko VS Code extension improvements; which include Automatic imports, Code formatter, Windows support and more; are now available on ICP. Check out the dfinity forum to know more about the other work in progress.
4. ICDevs.org have started a?bounty for ICRC-1 Motoko?with a bounty of up to $5,000 USD of ICP.
5. The?minutes of each ICP Ledger and Tokenization working group?meeting are now available on GitHub.
6. Dominic released a new article, mentioning the latest ICP updates where he also explains the driving demand for nodes.

Community updates

1. The?alpha release for signals?is out for public use! Signals is a location based chat app for making connections, creating communities and discovering events.
2. Open chat (a fully featured chat application running end-to-end on the Internet Computer blockchain) introduced its?white-paper?and revealed plans to adopt SNS standards.
3. ICverse?has successfully launched their website which features a variety of NFTs, including Cyber cats, cyber fighters and cyber ships, which are game ready for ICP.
4. The team at Infinity Swap has launched their?internet computer Chrome extension wallet?which helps users connect, send, mint, and manage their portfolio of NFT’s and Tokens.
5. ICP maximalist conducted an?AMA session with Vizmotor studios?on 19th October discussing unique NFT use-cases.
6. Origyn NFT?released their NFT standards on github.?

Crypto news in a?nutshell

1. South Africa classifies?Crypto assets as “Financial Products”. The move brings digital assets more under the purview of the country’s regulators.?
2. Reddit users open?2.5 Million Crypto wallets?after launch of reddit’s NFT marketplace.?
3. The?first NFT Home just sold?for $175,000. The 3-bedroom abode is located in Columbia, South Carolina.?
4. NFT project?Azuki launches Physical Backed Token, which is an open-source token standard that intends to tie a physical item to a digital token on the Ethereum blockchain.
5. Xsolla announces NFT Solution updates?to help video game partners sell and mint NFTs on major blockchains.

Internet Computer’s NFT?summary

1. ICVerse will be minting soon on Entrepot.
2. The merge by Brando The Creator will start minting on Entrepot on October 20th, 2022.
3. Dracarys NFT is launching on Meme Cake next week.?
4. ICP Flower by BTC Flower will be dropped on October 26th, 2022.?
5. ICP Bunny has opened McDominic’s Burger Shop.
6. Cthulhu is minting on Yumi on Oct 20th, 2022.
7. IC Socks, with famous names from the Internet Computer, are coming to Entrepot soon.